[Cialug] Question about going broadband in Des Moines...

[Rocket Robin Hood]

On Saturday 11 December 2004 18:08, Mark Hesseltine wrote:

> Jason:
>
> I have Qwest DSL right now. They don't advertise it, but they offer a
> no-frills ISP package that basically gets you a username@qwest.net
> email address. Ask them about Qwest.net instead of MSN.
>
> > Jason

I have a couple questions for ya, Mark, before I do that. I actually wouldn't 
mind sticking with Qwest, just because they might give me a deal on the DSL 
signalling/isp thing; I also like having one big bill to pay instead of a 
couple smaller ones. Maybe too personal but how much is this costing you per 
month?

Also, did you have Qwest BEFORE the big changeover a few years ago? I remember 
when that happened and (on the dial-up side) we were told we had the option 
to go to MSN, that all new users were going to be MSN 56K but we could hang 
out on Qwest as long as we wanted, being prior users. So I suspect, though I 
could be wrong, that the same deal applied to the DSL users.

Thanks for all yr help gentlemen. This list is awesome! I'm tired of funny 
looks from computer users who find out I use Linux. I'm still running on SuSE 
9.0 right now, usually a SuSE user but have tried Mandrake and liked it. But 
the apt-get for SuSE works way better in my experience then urpmi. Don't want 
to start a distro war - always ready to try Debian but it scares the crap 
outta me.

-jason